Women's body building started as physique contests that date back to
the 1960s with some of the more popular contests being Miss Physique
and Miss Americana; however, these early contests were mostly just
bikini contests. Women's body building really started in the 1970s
when the first contest that was judged based on muscularity was held.
This contest was the first US Women's National Physique Championship
and it was held in 1978. More body building contests followed suit.
Today, more and more women are getting involved in strength training,
the basic training exercise required for body building. Most women,
however, do not do this to enter competitions. Instead, most of them
do it to simply lose fat, gain muscle, and become healthier
individuals. This, however, is not a very easy thing to do - becoming
lean does not only necessitate finding the perfect diet program and
getting enough exercise - the most essential item to losing fat and
becoming lean through weight training is your mental approach....
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